Around 100 bodies were found Friday in a mass grave on the edge of a town in northeast Nigeria after it was freed from Boko Haram Islamists, a Chadian army spokesman told AFP. Soldiers discovered the bodies — some decapitated — under a bridge just outside Damasak, which was retaken from Boko Haram on March 9 by troops from Chad and Niger. “There are about 100 bodies spread around under the bridge just outside the town,” said Colonel Azem Bermandoa Agouna, adding that he had visited the scene himself close to the border with Niger. He claimed the massacre probably occurred about two months ago and said: “This is the work of Boko Haram.” It was, however, impossible to verify the claim independently.
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